After a beautiful Easter weekend of skiing, we snuck in one more ski this morning following the ribbons of white. It was a treat to have this past week of skiing but the trails have deteriorated and are now closed. It will be 2-4 weeks to completely dry out before the mountain bike and hiking trails are open. Thanks everyone who came out this past week!

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

5km of ski trail open and groomed. A great day of skiing on Saturday. Last nights grooming pressed the light dusting of snow into a corduroy texture which set up nicely from temps in the mid 20's. A morning skate ski was silky smooth and probably the best this month. Very special outing later in the day for Jonell and I as we took our grand daughter Eira for her first ski! On the whole, the day not as warm as forecasted and thick clouds kept the sun at bay and the base intact. We groomed the 5km loop we have been maintaining this week tonight and will have this loop open on Sunday for a a special Easter ski. Best skiing recommended from 8am-1pm.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Lows down to the mid teens set up last nights grooming nicely. Very light dusting of morning snow. Went for a skate ski mid morning venturing off the groomed loop for a crust adventure on the northern trails. Full coverage, crust wasn't full mature but still very nice skiing. Back on the groomed loop and conditions were the best of the week personally. Over lunch Jonell and I classic skied on Sukkebusk. The track set earlier in the week was mostly eaten out on the west side but the east side as part of the groomed loop was nice skiing. Reports from the fat bikers today were good as well. Off and on afternoon snow squalls keeping the deck white which was groomed on select segments. Coverage on the groomed loop is holding out good and looks to freeze down again solid tonight. We will have the trails open for Saturday skiing. Recommended to get out before noon. Enjoy!

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Very nice morning of skiing. Low temperature at 3 degrees set last nights grooming up nicely. Good seeing skiers out today. Groomed fat bike look also rode nice, some of the best conditions of season! At sunset we groomed the 5km loop and scrubbed out the track, not able to reset new track. The deck was already freezing over and should set up good tonight with temps forecasted to be in low teens. A few more thin spots opening up and we shoveled on some areas as well. Best conditions for skiing and riding will be before noon tomorrow.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Another couple inches of very light, dry and fluffy snow overnight. Rollpacked the same 5km loop and also rollbacked entire Sukkerbusk trail. A few hours later ran the Ginzu groomer and set track on Sukkerbusk and combed out the 5km loop. I don't think the track will hold out much past noon tomorrow on Sukkebusk so best to get out there this afternoon and tomorrow morning earlier. rock skis recommended for classic skiing, B skis fine for skating. The skate deck combed out nice on the 5km loop and optimistic we can have at least skiing until Saturday morning on this loop... maybe Sunday. We have also been grooming 8km of fat bike singletrack and like the skiing, best conditions will be in the morning. Overall great late season conditions!

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Temperature steady in mid teens last night and all day today. Groomed the 5km late season loop this morning after another couple of inches of fluff snow had fallen since last grooming. A few hours after grooming skate skied on the loop and found really nice conditions, albeit a bit slow with more snow falling during the ski. After skiing did another grooming pass and will be back out this evening and tomorrow morning for more combing with the Ginzu groomer. Did set track in a few spots but decided to just freestyle groom and scrubbed out the track next grooming pass. Looks to be another cool day again tomorrow providing some nice late season skiing.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Went out for a ski in the morning on trails groomed last night. The snow falling at Maplelag has been very dry (no snow sticking to the trees) so the deck was pretty soft as it had not set up with no bonding agents to speak of. The skiing was great though, nice to have fresh snow and the silky sensation underneath. Mid day 8km of fat bike singletrack was groomed. (Twin Lakes "race" loop" ) This loop will be open in the mornings the remainder of the week. Mid afternoon and into early evening, the same ski trail loop that was roll packed yesterday was roll packed again. After a few passes, took the 7' Ginzu low snow conditions groomer and combed out the same loop. Although the air temperature was in the mid 20's. the strong late March sun slightly softened the snow so I was able to cheat the grooming and pack and comb the snow nicely with good results. This loop will be open in the mornings this week. Recommended to ski in the mornings which could be very nice for late season skiing.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

1.5" of new snow at Maplelag as of 9pm. Roll packed (not drag, not ginzu) 6km of trail. Need more snow and subsequent grooming before trails can be open for skiing.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

We woke up to a fresh dusting of snow that made the woods look like a winter wonderland. No grooming planned with warm forecast but always great to see white covering the trails.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Jay has been able to maintain a 5k loop that is very skiable, but with some thin spots and extra caution required on any downhill slopes. I used the Zero skis today and they worked very well on the uphills. In this year's snow drought, it is a welcome sight to see a trail of white still winding its way through the woods at Maplelag.

(Glenn Gifford)